Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau dismissed any notion that national unity is under threat on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, as he and other national leaders made efforts to beat back growing support for the Bloc Quebecois.
In contrast to the 2015 campaign, when Idle No More was still flourishing and anti-Harper sentiment drove record-high Indigenous turnout, this election sees Indigenous issues on the sidelines, and neither hate nor hope is motivating Native voters.
The Liberals have defined success as hitting their Paris target, which they say is three-quarters completed. The Greens have a much more ambitious target — but no realistic way to get there.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, he is trying to fight support for Bill 21, Quebec's controversial secularism law, among Quebecers by proving to them that a man who wears a turban does in fact share their values.
The Conservatives aren't saying whether they're talking about immigration and the border on the federal campaign trail today, October 9, 2019, but leader Andrew Scheer is gathering reporters for a field trip starting just a couple of kilometres from the spot in Quebec where thousands of irregular migrants have crossed into Canada.
Twenty minutes of the Oct. 7 debate were allocated for a discussion about Indigenous issues among all six Canadian federal leaders. But as quickly as this segment began, it derailed into a haphazard conversation about pipelines, Quebec and climate change.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is touting his party's climate-change policies in Iqaluit today, October 8, 2019, the first party leader to go to the North in this federal election campaign.
Bernier's year-old People’s Party of Canada calls for "ending official multiculturalism" and slashing the number of immigrants allowed into the country. Its platform also denies the science of climate change.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called his Liberal rival Justin Trudeau "disgusting" on Monday, October 7, 2019, morning for trying to score political points on the backs of Ontario students.
With the front-runners catching their breath, the battle for third place seized the campaign spotlight on Saturday, October 5, 2019, as the NDP and the Green party each promised a new deal of sorts for Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau took aim at the Conservatives on Sunday, October 6, 2019, for not releasing their election platform as the majority of federal party leaders spent the day cramming for Monday's critical English-language debate.
A Newfoundland beekeeper who intended to run as a Marijuana Party candidate in this month's federal election had his hopes dashed when he realized too late that he was missing necessary paperwork.